Dec 9: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the government of not allowing him to speak in Parliament despite his speech being ready, and said an "earthquake will come" if he gets the opportunity to speak...
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Dec 9: Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya today said his twitter and e-mail accounts have been hacked and some of his personal and financial details, including passwords, addresses and phone number, were posted...
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Dec 9: President Pranab Mukherjee expressed extreme displeasure over the continued logjam in Parliament. As the stalemate in both its Houses entered the third week, he said such continued disruption...
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Dec 8: Petrol, railway tickets and insurance policies of PSU companies will cost less if bought through debit/credit cards or other digital modes, government said today while announcing a slew of...
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Dec 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to twitter on Thursday to defend the decision to ban Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes saying that this short-term pain will pave way for long-term gains...
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Dec 8: A Kerala Catholic priest, accused of raping a minor girl, has been awarded a double life term by a special court.
Fr Edwin Figarez was also slapped with a fine of Rs 2,15,000...
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Dec 8 : Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said all tourists at Havelock Island in the Andamans, who are stuck due to cyclonic conditions, are safe and efforts are on for their early evacuation...
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Dec 8 : The two most politically busiest and crowded places in Tamil Nadu — Vedha Nilayam, the Poes Garden residence of late J Jayalalithaa, and the AIADMK headquarters in Royapettah — wore a deserted look on Wednesday, a day after...
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Dec 8 : Among the lasting images of J Jayalalithaa's funeral - the sea of supporters bound together by grief, the glass casket moving slowly in an open-air truck to Chennai's Marina Beach - the one that carries the maximum political weight is that of...
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Dec 7 : The demonetisation decision was taken after detailed deliberations and not in haste, while nearly Rs 11.85 lakh crore or 80 per cent of junked notes have come back into the system, RBI today said promising to maintain steady supply of new currency to ease cash crunch...
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Dec 7 : Despite the possibility of growth being impacted due to the crippling cash crunch since the currency ban, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the main repo interest rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent, to keep inflation in check...
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Dec 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flayed the opposition for its "undemocratic" act of not allowing a debate on the demonetisation issue even as he asserted that the "major reform" exercise had the support of the people...
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Dec 7 : Top American lawmakers today expressed concern over the alleged curbs imposed by India on a Christian charity organisation whose representatives appeared before a Congressional hearing seeking change in New Delhi's policies related to foreign funding of NGOs...
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Dec 6 : In a heartwarming incident, a poor Bangladeshi man working as a cleaner in Saudi Arabia was gifted a host of freebies from a gold set to smartphones by people who came out in his support after he was mocked online over a photo of him staring at a jewellery shop display...
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Dec 6 : Russia has strongly protested with India on cash shortage affecting the working of its Mission after demonetisation, and wants a quick resolution of the issue, failing which it may explore other options including summoning Indian diplomat in Moscow...
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